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My 90's sketch comedy show of choice was Upright Citizen's Brigade. The Utah game this year was my own personal "Bucket of Truth" where I realized the unmitigated, unadulterated, immutable truth about our prospects this year.

This was one of the few games I actually got to go to as a young lad, and I just happened to be in row 30 or so in the South endzone. I will never forget heading toward the exit, with everyone else still stuck in their seats with their mouths wide open. Sigh.

When is Brian going to start picture paging things Michigan does right? I can't take any more of these detailed analyses on why Michigan can't stop anything ... I need something positive once in a while.

I was in the band ~10 years ago, and ND was the only place we ever travelled to that actually clapped for us on the way out. Not one or two people here and there; just about everyone from the stadium all the way to the busses. Usually I was just happy not to get beer thrown on me at away games; getting applause was just surreal.

In the 6 years leading up to that article (98-03), Michigan lost twice. In the 6 years since, they've lost 3 times, including 2 years when they lost to everyone. I'm pretty sure this article had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, the numbers show that the Big Ten isn't anything special size-wise.

According to your numbers, the Big 10 has the largest D-Line and 2nd largest O-Line. How does this not confirm that the Big 10 is bigger than most conferences? What were expecting, the numbers to be 20% higher than everywhere else?

Penn State has been around for 17 years, and only won 3? They aren't on a much better track than State, and I would consider them elite-ish. Interesting. I guess Michigan did have their number for most of those years ...

I think one of the commentators said it best during the game: one interesting advantage Michigan has in its quick-strike attack is it limits the chances for mistakes. When Indiana marches down the field a few yards at a time, it eats up the clock and wears down the D, but every snap is another chance for a turnover. Granted, Michigan's defense has limited capability to capitalize on any mistakes, but they are definitely getting more "at bats" than the other team. I think this might be one reason why Michigan finally isn't losing the turnover battle this year.